Tag: Tony Bates

Posts including articles from Canadian e-learning specialist – Tony Bates

Working Together Through The COVID‑19 Virus Outbreak

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D2L Brightspace has compiled a collection of resources to address the rapidly changing needs in the education community. These resources may be of interest to our entire campus, and in particular, with those teaching to students at FAFU. Educational Technology & Design has been working closely with a number of instructors to assist them in preparing for and adapting to teaching online. Please get in touch with Sondra (sondra.mantle@dal.ca) or Brian (brian.lesser@dal.ca) for personalized assistance.

You may also find Tony Bates’ recent blog article, Advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus, useful and informative.

Leaders & Legends of Online Learning

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Mark Nichols, until recently at the U.K. Open University, has started a new podcast series. The aim of the series is to have a mix of new or emerging online leaders and some of the more senior leaders reflect on the development of online learning, needed research, and current trends.

The first four podcasts include:

  • Antonio Teixeira, Universidade Aberta (the Portuguese Open University)
  • Alan Tait, UK Open University
  • Tannis Morgan, BCcampus and Justice Institute of British Columbia
  • Tony Bates, Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord

The podcasts can be accessed at: https://onlinelearninglegends.castos.com/podcasts/691/episodes

The 2017 national survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary education: methodology and results

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In 2017 a team of independent Canadian researchers, working in collaboration with the Babson Survey Research Group and WCET in the USA, conducted a national survey of online learning in public post-secondary institutions in Canada. The results from the survey are presented and discussed, as well as plans for further studies in the future.

Tony Bates, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 2018. 15:29 – https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-018-0112-3

The 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online for Faculty and Instructors

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Contact North I Contact Nord’s Research Associate, Dr. Tony Bates, provides an introduction to faculty and instructors about whether or not to get involved in online teaching in the first place; and how to do it well. This guide was drawn from his 517 page book,  Teaching in a Digital  Age, which has over 40,000 downloads as an open textbook and is available in seven languages. If you are interested in what works and what does not work in online learning, take the time to review the guide linked below.

The 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online for Faculty and Instructor

Making Sense of Blended Learning: Treasuring an Older Tradition or Finding a Better Future?

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This article, Making Sense of Blended Learning: Treasuring an Older Tradition or Finding a Better Future?, by Sir John Daniel, published by Contact North (January 2016), is well worth reading if you are involved in the business of higher education. The essay examines what blended learning is and how it might best be used. The author argues that hybrid learning is an opportunity, not a threat; and, if implemented sensitively and professionally, it will lead to higher student performance and greater staff satisfaction.

What is E-Learning?

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As both a common question and an often misunderstood concept, E-Learning is descriptive of all learning involving computers and the internet. We recently revamped a Tony Bates diagram illustrating this concept to share with our colleagues at the Faculty of Agriculture. Do you think this is an accurate portrayal of the e-learning spectrum?

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E-learning spectrum